Jet Li's The Enforcer

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Review: I quite enjoyed this movie. I really liked the little boy, who played Jet Li's son and there chemistry and fighting skills was a joy to watch. The storyline was well put together and Jet Li proved that he can act as well as kick butt. Basically, Jet Li plays an undercover cop, trying to take down a crime boss but while he's on the job his wife dies and his son goes to live with a cop whose trying to work out Jet Li's true identity. The fighting scenes were quite good, especially when his son is using his martial arts skills to help take down the baddies and the showdown at the end was worth waiting for. In all, it's an entertaining film with enough material to keep you interested throughout. Enjoyable! Round-Up: This film also has intense drama and you feel for Jet Li who can't reveal his undercover status to his family. After earning the trust from the baddies, he's unable to go back home because it might break his cover so his only communication with his loved ones is through a pager and phone calls to his son. I was really impressed with his sons acting skills and he really did show true emotion for such a young boy. The director didn't go overboard with the string action so the fight scenes looked realistic and well choreographed. Anyway, if your into your martial arts movies, this is definitely worth a watch. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: HK$15.5million I recommend this movie to people who are into their Jet Li movies about a undercover cop fighting against a crime boss, with the help of his young son. 6/10

"Kung Wei" (Jet Li) is a Chinese undercover cop who has an adoring son named "Ku Kung" (Mo Tse) and a very ill wife but rather than being able to take care of her he is sent against his wishes to Hong Kong to infiltrate a gang of smugglers led by a notorious criminal by the name of "Po Kwang" (Rongguang Yu). Naturally, in order to join the gang he has to convince everyone that he is a criminal and even his son and wife cannot know the truth. Neither can the police in Hong Kong who have assigned a female detective named "Inspector Fong" (Anita Mui) to apprehend him. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film contains quite a bit of action, drama and comedy. Unfortunately, the sheer quantity of these three elements caused the movie to seem quite uneven. Throw in an overabundance of martial arts and the accompanying preposterous stunts and the result is a movie lacking coherence and realism. No doubt some viewers will really like this movie simply for the action it provides and quite frankly it wasn't that bad. However, all things considered I can only rate it as about average. No more and no less.

I was entertained when I saw this Jet Li film in a second hand theater. The story is a little melodramatic but the fight scenes are outstanding. Gei Ba Ba De Xin/My Father is a Hero(1995) was the first Jet Li movie that I ever saw. One of his last films from Hong Kong before heading for Hollywood. My Father is a Hero(1995) is an unusual Jet Li picture because it mixes gunplay with plenty of martial arts. My favorite scene is the shootout at the restaurant. I hate the version released here as The Enforcer because of the English dubbing. The action scenes are aggressively directed by Corey Yuen(director of the visually splendid Saviour of the Soul{1992}). Jet Li shows that he's the closet there is to a successor to Bruce Lee. Anita Mui kicks butt as Inspector Fong Yat Wah.

Spoilers contained herein; my reviews are meant for connoisseurs of Jet Li films. Jet Li's `Enforcer' is a average film in every aspect of the word. Jet Li plays Kung Wei, an uncover cop sent to infiltrate a triad gang. Herein lies the problem, weather it is the fault of the script, the fault of the dubbing, or the fault of Jet Li's acting, his character is SO far undercover the viewer forgets that he is a cop. The plot is not set up very well, we're not told WHY his cover has to be kept to such a high and extreme level. Wei's contact in the Triad gang, MR. G (I forget the character's real name) is also a mystery. I have seen this film three times and I still have yet to determine if Mr. G was also an undercover cop, or just a well intentioned thug in the gang. The plot has more holes than swiss cheese, especially early on which makes it hard to follow important key concepts such as the ones mentioned above. The movie is not without its charm however. While Wei is infiltrating the triad in Hong Kong, his wife back on the mainland dies, leaving his son an orphan for all intents and purposes. Anita Mui, who you may remember from Jackie Chan films such as `Rumble in the Bronx' and `Legend of Drunken Master' plays Hong Kong Police Detective Anna Fong. She's hot on Wei's trail for his criminal acts unknowing committed undercover back in Hong Kong. While tracking Wei she goes to his home in the mainland, and befriends Wei's wife and son, more or less adopting the son after the mother's death. The two end up tracking Wei back to Hong Kong, and discovering the truth about his undercover status. The Kung Fu scenes in this movie are nothing spectacular. The most impressive kung fu is demonstrated by Wei's son when his must defend the reputation of his father against a school full of bullies. He also demonstrates some good fundamentals in the Wushu demonstration scene. As for Jet Li, he's capable of much more artful and complex kung fu than he displays in this movie. The head triad villain is the stereotypical Chinese 1990s bad guy. If you've seen `Legend of Drunken Master' or similar films you know what I'm talking about, the buzz cut, sunglasses, the Armani suit, the white magician looking gloves, and an aura of evil about him. His goal as a villain in this movie is to hijack an auction taking place on a boat and make off with the goods and the customer's money. The fight scene at the end is anti-climatic. This evil badass who tears through people throughout the movie hardly puts up much if any of a fight at the end. Sure there's some good improvisation of the Kung Fu Rope technique, but that's what keeps this film on its average level, and keeps it from sinking to the depths of a bad film. If you're looking for a typical hong Kong action genre film along the lines of Hard Boiled killers, you might like this film. If you're looking for Jet Li's mastery of the martial arts, this film will disappoint you. As an action film, and a film itself, it rates very bland and average 4/9 stars.

The impressive fight scenes and great performances make up for a rather so so story and the uneven pacing. All the characters are pretty cool, and it had a couple of very emotional moments, plus Jet Li is simply amazing in this!. The plot is pretty weird, and there were a few moments where i felt bored, however the finale makes up for it by giving us fantastic fight scenes, plus you care for the main characters, even though Jet's character is a little hard to warm up to at 1st. Anita Mui and Jet had good chemistry together, and Rongguang Yu is very menacing as the main villain, plus it had a very grim and gritty feel to it as well. The opening is really cool, and while it felt routine at times, it also had some pretty creative moments as well, plus it's quite violent as well!. It's also a decent story of father and son relationships, and the locations were pretty cool as well, plus the fight choreography was excellent!. The impressive fight scenes make up for a rather so so story and the uneven pacing, well worth the watch!. The Direction is good. Corey Yuen does a good job here, with good camera work , decent angles, and he kept the film at a reasonable pace!. The Acting is great. Jet Li is AMAZING as always, and is amazing here, he had a mysterious character, and was hard to warm up to at 1st, but i soon found him likable, and he had good chemistry with both Anita Mui and Miu Tse, kicked that ass, is fantastic in the acting department, and just did an amazing job!. (Jet Rules!!!!). Anita Mui is very beautiful and does excellent with what she had to do, she had good chemistry with Jet and had a cool character, i liked her a lot. Miu Tse is actually very good as the son and impressed me with his skills, he also had good chemistry with Jet and wasn't annoying at all!. Rongguang Yu is great as the main villain, he was very menacing and also had a sinister look! (Yu Rules). Rest of the cast do OK. Overall well worth the watch!. *** out of 5

Somewhere in this movie is a decent action film straining to get out, but it is constrained and held back by the cheesy melodrama and tiresome "human" touches that repeatedly arise. Jet Li is Kung Wei, a cop so undercover even his wife and young son Siu Kiu have no idea what he does. This doesn't seem to matter to them though, as long as Kung Wei shows for Siu Kiu's martial arts demonstrations and puts food on the table no-one seems willing to ask the hard questions. Unfortunately Kung's wife is quite ill – the kind of ill that you don't come back from. Let's just say she isn't buying green bananas. The fact that Kung appears the model husband and son makes it odd that he ignores this fact to follow up on a case that will take him even further undercover. Deep, deep, DEEP undercover. Kung Wei is "imprisoned" to get alongside a known bad guy with links to high crime – when they both bust out they head to Hong Kong where Kung finds what he is after, only initially he seems a little too enamoured with the fast money and high life that goes with the job description. Things complicate further when a local Inspector Fong tracks down Kung's wife and son on the mainland and starts piecing the puzzle together ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()() Enough of all that drama – this is a Jet Li action flick right? Well yes and no. There is action but not enough for an action fan, and when the climax finally arrives it is too reliant on explosives and the kung fu standard is not nearly as good as half a dozen other Jet Li flicks. The plot is too convoluted and made little sense, the fact that his doting dying wife still believed he was a criminal – and that Kung Wei made no attempt to explain otherwise – made no sense to this little black duck, especially when everyone else seemed to know including his kid. To recap, drama without any real drama, action without substance and major character decisions without credibility. To top all this off my DVD copy (which shares the same cover as the poster here and the IMDb film page so I think it's real) has some of the cheesiest subtitles in cinematic history. The kind that you can sorta follow, but at the same time can't help but laugh at. Final Rating – 5 / 10. A couple of brief fights are worth watching, but unfortunately the other 100 odd minutes are largely to be endured. I've seen a great many Jet Li flicks this one doesn't crack his top 8.

The general plot is quite standard: An undercover cop takes on one last dangerous assignment, relations involved, etc. There have been many, many films with the same type of plot. However, this film manages to stand out on its own. The father-son combo of Jet Li and Tsu Miu works remarkably well (the 2nd time these two have been paired up). Anita Mui stars as a HK cop trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Throw in an over-acting (but still funny) villain (who incidentally played Iron Monkey), and we have an action-packed thriller to the end. The emotional parts of the film may drag a bit, but it's not too excessive. Jet Li especially succeeds in this role... we can see the internal conflict and pains of emotion within. The scene where the villain tries to get his son to ID his undercover dad is very notable. There may not be as much kung fu as most fans would like, but we do get to see Li wield a new type of weapon. Generally the kung fu serves to move the plot along, not to be specifically highlighted as the main attraction. That's okay, considering the movie is so well done....